Row cultivating implement



Feb'. 7, 1939.

me. HALL ETYAL ROW CULTIVATING IMPLEMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 12, 1937 Feb. 7, 1939. V D. c. HALL AL 2,146,337

R OW CULTIVATING IMPLEMENT Filed April 12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,and particularly to devices for the-cultivation g. TED STATES PATENT OFFICE It 2,146,337 v I v; now CULTIVATING IMPLEMENT Flasassignors of lompanoy Fla.

. Application April 12 1931 ism?! W 01am 76 11 1-1 I, fr his inventio relates to cultivating device using the term cultivator in its broadest sense,

of beans, corn or like 'crops, where it is necessary -at certain stages to'throw the earth over onto the rootsof theplant and in certain other stages Q to stir up the earth around the base of the plant. Cropsof this character and many others, are planted in rows and it is often the case that two rows are closer together at one portion of a field thanatanother it being practically impossible to get the rows the same distance apart along the rows.

, ,Withthis in mind, it is one object dithisin- ,ls vention to provide a cultivating mechanism in -which the cultivating implements, either in the t (form of longitudinally extending blades or in the jjfform rofiteeth arranged in rows are disposed on a forwardly. convergent lines and in; which the implements, that. is, the blades or the teeth, as

upward and rearwardfinclination or slant, 'so

that when the handles of the machine are de- ,pressed, the rear ends of the implements will be depressed and the implements will thus be in effect further apart orspaced laterally agreater distancethanwhen the handles arenot depressed. Thus when the implements are fully raised, only H 'the forward ends. of ,the two blades, for instance,

or the forwardpair of teeth, will engage the ground and when fully depressed; the rearmost portions of the blades or the rearmost pairs of teeth, which are spaced apart furtherest, will engage the ground. V a l v I A further object is to provide a runnerdisposed between the two j divergent. implements and a spring which urges the. implements. upward relative to the runner but permits the operator to depress the implements to thus bring them'ore 0 widely spaced implements into, action as desired.

H operating on the same. principle, one for use in UK s throwing the. soil, of a furrow over the plants ,1 and thus covering the plants, and the other for plants will get air; p p p r Otherobjects will appearin the. course of the followingdescription.

depression of the earth deflecting blades.

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thecase maybe, are yieldinglysupported at an i A still further object is'to provide two machines opening up thefurrows so that the roots of the U My invention isillustratedin the accompanying Daniel o. Hall and William in. an; map-m;

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v Figure 3 is a section ure 1; i a a Figurei is a side elevation of another embodiment of my invention. i if Figured is:an underplan view thereof. a j Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line t-fiotFigure 4. 1

In Figures 1 to 3, we-haveillustrated that form of our invention which is particularly adapted for the purpose of throwing the earth of a furrow over upon two rows of plants. In 'these figures, l0 designates the forward end of. a beam, thisuforward end being upwardly. and then. forwardly curved to form an enlarged headll upon ,which the clevis of a draft device may be ap plied. To this upwardly. extending neck oftthe beam l0, there are bolted thetwo downwardly extending-feet I2 to which a cultivator blade" is adjustably bolted.

, Therbeam ill is carried rearward and;downward, as at, M, to constitute a runner, andthen is upwardly extended, as at l5, this upward extensionbeing slightly arcuate. Pivoted to, the forward end of this runner or beam are the two rearwardly and outwardly extending frame bars l5. divergently with relation to each other. and at ,their rear ends are curved rearwardly andinwardly.- Connectingthese curved ends is a yoke .H which is'angular in,cross-section to provide a flange I8 The inwardly extended extremities of the bars l6 rest upon this flange l8 and are bolted tothis yoke by bolts l9. The extremities of the bars [6 and the end portions of the yoke l8 have a plurality of bolt holes so that these bars 16 may be drawn in towards each other or These extend rearwardly and outwardly,

expanded asdesired. The middle of the yoke l8 forwardly extending ears 2 I The lugs lflloosely.

embrace the arcuate portion 15 of the runner, l4. Extending through the middle of the flange 18 is (an eye-bolt 22. Attached to the beam or runner M in any suitable manner is the forward end of a spring 23. The forward end of this spring may be brazed, bolted or otherwise attached to the runner and the spring extends forward and then upward andrearwardand at its end is formed with an eye for engagement with the eye 24 of a downwardly ,and rearwardly curved con nesting with the: eye-bolt 2 2. It will be seen that when the framebar i6 and theyoke H are pushed downward, assuming that the runner is in engagement with the ground, thespring 23 will be rod 25, whichat its lower end is engaged .furrowblades so.

1 the bars l6 and are wider than the bars It so means of the brace 28. 'Pivoted to these han- I die bars?! are-links 29 which extend downare in'fturn pivoted to the inwardly tin-Md ears 2| ofthe yoke I l.

Attached to the outer faces of the irons iiiar These blades are bolted to that they extend below and above these bars. These blades are deflected vertically toward their rear ends and the forward ends of the blades are'siightly concave vertically so that the blades will act to overturn the earth of a furrow and cast this earth laterally over onto the plants.

Where the rows are close together, the runner it rides along on the surface of the ground between the rows. The bar IS with the furrow blades 80 extend downward and forward and thus only the forward ends or forward portions of the furrow bars will cast the earth laterally. Where, however, the space between the rows widens, then the operator depresses the handles 21 and this, throughthe links 29, forces the bars l downward and, of course, forces the blades 30 downward so that the rearward portion of each blade is brought into action. If the distance between the rows grows still wider, the operator presses the handle-bars still further down so that the rearmost portions of the blades then 'act, and as they are wider apart than the forward portions of the blades, they will act to throw dirt over on these plants which are furthe: apart from each other.- It will be seen that the furrow-blade-carrying bars or frame may be moved up or down at the will of the operator in accordance with the width between the rows. Thus with this implement, when the rows narrow down while it is being used, the operator can ease up on the runner under the machine and the blades will throw a lighter furrow, and

then when the implement is pressed down by pushing on the handles, then the furrow is heavier and the blades will throw the soil over onto the plants when the furrows are wider apart.

The same principle of operation may be applied to a machine for "cultivating", that is, plowing up and loosening the ground between the rows, and in Figures 4 to 6, we show such a machine. In these figures, 3| designates the runner, the rear end of which is formed with the arcuate upwardly extending portion 32 and the forward end of which is formed with the upwardly extending neck 33 having a head 34 for the application of a clevis or other draft device. Pivoted to the forward end of the bar 3! are the tooth carrying bars". These bars extend divergently with relation to therunner II and the bars, as illustrated, are zig-zag in form so as to provide portions extending directly rearward, then angularly outward and rearward, then directly rearward, etc. To the angular portions of these bars 35 there are attached the cultivator points or plows 36. These may be of any suitable character but are illustrated as being formed to embrace the bars 35 and to be bolted thereto by bolts 31.

The bars 15 are connected by means of a yoke '38 which has a horizontal flange 39, the ends of the yoke extending inward, as at 40, and the middle portion of the yoke being provided with the lugs M to act as guides for the arcuate upturned portion 32 of the runner. Bolted to the yoke are the two relatively short bars 42 which are angularly bent at their ends and bolted to the tooth carrying bars 35. These short bars 42 are provided with a plurality of openings as is the yoke through which these bolts 42a may pass and thus the tooth carrying bars 35 may be 1 adjusted nearer to or further from each other.

Attached to the forward end of the runner 3| is the spring 43 of the same construction as ,the spring 23 which extends rearward and is connected by means of the connecting rod 44 to an eye-bolt on the yoke. Also bolted to the forward ends of the tooth carrying bars 35 are the irons45, and bolted to these irons are the handle bars 46 which extend rearward and upward and then downward as usual, and are connected by a brace as heretofore described.

In the use of this'implement, if the rows are close together, only the forward teeth will travel along the rows and break up the earth immediately around the roots of the plant so as to give the plant air. If, however, the rows widen, the handles are depressed, which forces the upwardly and rearwardly inclined tooth carrying bars 35 downward, so as to bring a rearward pair of teeth into play, and if the rows are still wider, the handles are depressed still more until if the rows are very wide, the handles are depressed so as to bring the rearmost teeth into operative relation to the row to thus break up the earth around the roots of the plants. It will be seen that the two implements operate on the same principle, though they are to be used for two different purposes, one to throw loose earth over onto the plants or seeds, as for instance, immediately after planting, and the other to stir up the earth adjacent the plants so as to aerate the roots thereof. It will be understood, of course, that the cultivator teeth will operate over the entire space between the rows of plants.

While we have illustrated certain particular details and certain arrangement of parts, we do not wish to be limited thereto as obviously the mechanism might be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

i. A cultivator of the character described, including a beam formed to provide a longitudinally extending ground engaging runner, the forward end of the beam extending upward and then forward, implement-carrying bars pivoted to the forward end of the runner and extending rearwardly and laterally therefrom, a transversely extending yoke operatively connected to the rear ends of the implement-carrying bars, the runner having an upwardly extending portion at its rear end and the yoke having guide lugs embracing the last named portion of the runner, handle bars connected to the forward ends of the implementcarrying bars and extending upward and rearward therefrom, links connecting the handle bars to the yoke, a spring urging the yoke and implement-carrying bars upward with relation to the runner, and a plurality of cultivator teeth mounted upon the implement-carrying bars one behind the other.

2. A cultivator of the character described, including a beam having a longitudinally extending runner, the rear end of the runner being upwardly amass? turned, the forward end of the beam extending upward and forward, implement-carrying bars pivoted at their forward ends to the forward end of the runner and extending rearward and laterally in divergent relation to each other and the runner, each of said implement-carrying bars having a zig-zag formation, a yoke operativeiy connected to the implement-carrying bars and having guiding engagement with theupwardly turned rear end of the runner, handlebars attached at their forward ends to the implementcarrying bars and extending upward and rearward above the yoke, links connecting the yoke to the handle bars, a spring attached to the forward end of the runner and extending upward and rearward therefrom and at its rear end having linked connection to the yoke, and a series of cultivator teeth mounted upon each implementcarrying bar.

3. A cultivator, including a beam having a ground engaging runner, the rear end of the runner extending upward and slightly inward in d a curve, implement supporting bars pivoted at their forward ends to the forward ends of the runner and extending rearwardly and laterally in divergent relation to each other and to the runnerga transversely extending yoke having forwardly projecting extensions at its ends and at itsmiddle having spaced lugs receiving between them the upwardly extending rear portion of the runner, the yoke having a rearwardly extending flange, means connecting the rear ends of the implement supporting bars to the yoke and resting on the upper surface of, said flange, said means being constructed and arranged for adjustment transversely of the runner whereby to increase or decrease the distance between the rear ends of the implement supporting bars, handle to the forward end of the runner, the spring ex- 7 tending upward and rearward abovethe handle bars, a rigid link pivotally connected at its upper. end to the rear end of the spring, and an I-bolt extending through the flange of the yoke and to which the lower end of the link is operatively connected.

DANIEL C. HALL. 

